Today, almost 700 million people (8.5 percent of the global population) live in extreme poverty - on less than $2.15 per day. Progress has stalled amid low growth, setbacks due to COVID-19, and ...

Chairwoman of the Work and Pensions Committee and Labour MP Debbie Abrahams also said sick and disabled people had been ...

A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new ...